Arias for Mezzo-Soprano: G. Schirmer Opera Anthology Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is a must-own for any mezzo-soprano (as are the corresponding volumes for any other voice type.) I daresay this is the anthology standard for aspiring opera stars.I purchased mine when starting college and learned my first aria from it--"Non so piu, cosa son".Ten years later I am still finding pieces that fit my voice as it grows into works by Bizet, Massenet, Donizetti.And I know that I will continue to use it in years to come as I grow into the luscious arias of Dalilah or perhaps Mascagni's Lola.

Having had the opportunity to work with Dr. Robert Larsen, I can say that he is one of the most knowledgeable people in the business about opera and how to get young people started.The translations provided are not poetic--they are accurate, true translations!The plot summaries are brief but helpful, enough to get you started, but short enough to encourage you to do your own work.Larsen notates alternate endings, appogioturi, and other traditional performance notes.I guarantee, if you buy this book, you'll use it until it falls apart.I'm on my second one now.

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Contents: Purcell: When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas) - Gluck: Che faro senza Euridice? (Orfeo ed Euridice) - Mozart: Non so piu (Le Nozze di Figaro) * Voi, che sapete (Le Nozze di Figaro) * Smanie implacabili (Cosi fan tutte) - Rossini: Cruda sorte!...Gia so per pratica (L'Italiana in Algeri) * Una voce poco fa (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) * Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola) - Donizetti: Il segreto per esser felici (Orsini's Drinking Song) (Lucrezia Borgia) * O mio Fernando (La Favorita) - Meyerbeer: Nobles seigneurs, salut! (Les Huguenots) - Verdi: Stride la vampa! (Il Trovatore) - Gounod: Faites-lui mes aveux (Faust) * Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle (Romeo et Juliette) - J. Strauss: Chacun a son got (Die Fledermaus) - Bizet: Habanera (Carmen) * Seguidilla (Carmen) * En vain, pour eviter les reponses ameres (Carmen) - Ponchielli: Voce di donne (La Gioconda) - Saint-Saens: Printemps qui commence (Samson et Dalila) * Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! (Samson et Dalila) * Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila) - Mascagni: Voi lo sapete (Cavalleria Rusticana) - Massenet: Va! laisse couler mes larmes (Werther) - Cilea: Acerba volutta (Adriana Lecouvreur) - Thomson: We cannot retrace our steps (The Mother of Us All) - Menotti: Lullaby (The Consul) * Au, Michele, don't you know (The Saint of Bleecker Street) - Moore: Augusta! How can you turn away? (The Ballad of Baby Doe) - Barber: Must the Winter Come so Soon? (Vanessa).

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